Jeff's ACWW Blog

On Wednesday, Drift was talking about how he enjoyed swimming when he was younger. He wants to get back into it.

But he said maybe he only liked it because he was a tadpole at the time!

I loved this bit of dialogue, for two main reasons. For one thing, it’s so rare to get species-specific dialogue not just in Wild World, but throughout the series. Especially when it’s more than just them mentioning their species.

But also, this bit of dialogue is programmed to list a random sport. If you saw Episode 63, you saw this dialogue, except with baseball mentioned instead. But this time, he mentions swimming, which fits perfectly! He literally had to swim as a tadpole, and doesn’t as a frog. Not since this ACCF screenshot have I seen dialogue fit so perfectly. 😛

May is here now, and I earned 56,000 bells of interest on my banking account balance.

On Thursday, Dotty told me that she’s on a cola diet. She feels like she has to drink ten gallons of cola every day! I don’t think that’s a very good idea, Dotty. 😆

Today, I found Lyle hanging out outside my house again. I spoke with him, just to see what he wanted now. I’ve already purchased all of his scams “insurance” policies, after all. He gave me his questionnaire again, which includes the option to select Redd’s day to visit. So apparently you can change it on a week-by-week basis? I left it on Tuesdays, though. The rest of Lyle’s questionnaire was pointless stuff, but it was nice to not have him bugging me to buy anything else.

The flea market was held today, and Octavian demanded that I go home and clean my “pigsty” of a house! How rude!

He was so sure that he was going to be a guest in my house, but the joke was on him. I had no interest in having him over, so I didn’t go home at all during my session. 😛

But I did participate in the flea market by shopping at my villagers’ homes. Of course, I only looked for cheap items to buy though. 😆 However, Dotty refused to sell me this No. 23 shirt because it was a “family heirloom.” Yeah, she’s totally lying. 😛

So I didn’t buy anything from her, and Tank wasn’t being very cooperative either. He wouldn’t sell me either of his bugs or his No. 1 shirt. But he did sell me his tall gongoid for 1,140 bells.

I also bought a life ring from Caroline (310 bells) and an office chair from Bones (280 bells). Bones was so happy that he could use his money to buy some good food. Aw, that made me glad I made the purchase. 🙂

I played too early in the day to catch K.K.’s show, but I’m sure I’ll see him again before long. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Octavian was talking about Drift and Peanut being pretty close yesterday, when he randomly mentioned his dating history. 😛

I guess he viewed that as having some expertise on the subject. So, his professional opinion was that Drift and Peanut are cemented at the hip. 😛

Eloise asked me to deliver a letter to Caroline for her, and I agreed to help out. Caroline actually showed me the letter, which was about sponge cake.

Eloise rewarded me with a kiddie bureau for making the delivery.

Drift wanted to have a competition to see who could catch a tiger butterfly first. I declined his request (initially), but I still kept my eyes open for that bug. Villagers will usually repeat these requests, so my new strategy is to decline it the first time, and then see if I can catch the bug/fish anyway. If and when I do, I can return to them, let them ask me again, and BAM! Easy win, without any time pressure. 😎 After I caught one for Drift, he gave me an exquisite rug in return.

Today, Peanut asked me to deliver a gift (a bone shirt) to Octavian. He didn’t know whether to call it boring or practical. 😛

But he didn’t put the shirt on, so that probably tells how he really feels. Actions speak louder than words.

When Peanut asked what Octavian thought, I just said it went “all right.” She tried to be positive about it, saying at least the gift wasn’t rejected.

She then rewarded me with some cabana flooring.

Dotty has been sick with a cold this week, so I gave her some medicine Wednesday, yesterday, and again today. Hopefully she’ll get well soon.

I saw a balloon present floating by, so I got my slingshot out. My first shot missed, because I apparently wasn’t far north enough. So I moved up closer, and shot it down on my 2nd attempt.

I found a birdhouse inside! Maybe the bird should’ve left home first before going out for a flight. 😉

I later got a Japanese drum from Tank (in exchange for a pill bug), and I found a maple bonsai in the recycle bin at town hall. See you all next week!

Saharah was in town yesterday, and I helped her out with some deliveries. I took some wallpaper to Mabel, some carpeting to Pelly (for Phyllis), and a carpet to Tom Nook.

Saharah rewarded me with an ancient wall, which I chose over a sandlot.

Speaking of a sandlot… I visited Dotty, and I saw that she was already trying to desert me! 😛

However, I talked her out of moving. She must be a fan of my dry sense of humor. 😉

Eloise asked me to make a delivery to Tank, so I took over the gift (a U R here shirt). Tank put it on right away, and he loved it!

Eloise rewarded me with a backyard fence.

On the bulletin board, I saw a post that announced Tank was the winner of the Flower Fest. Congrats, Tank!

Today, Lyle met me outside of my house to harass me again. I decided, for the sake of completion, to finally buy his last set of insurance. Just to be done with it, you know? First, he asked me about Crazy Redd, and he gave me the option to change the day of the week that he visits. I kept him on his Tuesday schedule, even though it doesn’t really matter any more.

He asked me some questions, including whether or not I trusted him. (No way!) He eventually got to the point: He wanted me to pay 6,000 bells for so-called damage insurance.

If I purchase a painting that turns out to be a forgery, Lyle will pay me a percentage of the damages. Of course I don’t even buy paintings any more, so it’s even more useless than it would’ve been earlier in the game. But I bought it anyway. Now hopefully he’ll leave me alone. 😛

Dotty again wanted to know my blood type, and I answered “B” this time. Just to see what she says for each option. She assumed that I’m the type that saves my money and doesn’t spend much. There’s some truth to that. 😛

She told me I need to chill out and enjoy life. 😛 And then she suggested that I let her hold onto all my money! Never!

Over at town hall, I found two items in the recycle bin: An exotic lamp and a tall lantern. It’s not very often I find anything in here, let alone two items at once! I’ll gladly take them and sell them. 😛

Have a good weekend, everyone. I’ll see you next time! 🙂